Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2021 16:57:29 GMT -6
I'm a newbie to this type of board. Patience please. My user name is CountryMorMor. MorMor is Swedish for my mother's mother (grandmother) - my mom was Swedish.
Last year my husband and I retired. We had lived in NE Oklahoma for 15 years and loved it there. But it was time to move down south closer to our three boys and 9 grandkids. So we ended up in south Mississippi in a little country 'town' called Carriere. We are far enough from the coast (prayerfully) to not flood from hurricanes yet close enough to our boys to see then within a couple of hours drive time (two live in Louisiana and one in Georgia where he was based in the Army). Not having ever lived in the country (I'm 66 and my husband is 67) is a welcome treat for us. My husband grew up in small towns in west Texas as I grew up in a big city and have always lived in big cities. The peace and quiet of the country is fantastic. So far though our country road has become quite busy with lots and lots of construction trucks going by - our little town and the bit larger one 15 minutes away are growing. One day I'm sure it will quiet down. I love to garden - I grow lots of different kinds of veg and herbs. I typically grow in elevated raised beds because it's easier on my back.
This past March late one evening at home I went into Sudden Cardiac Arrest and was dead for 8 minutes - my husband and paramedics brought me back and transported me 30 miles to the closest heart hospital. I don't remember anything from shortly before collapsing and for the next couple of months. God brought me back for a reason and I think it's to teach my grandkids about gardening lol. Yet another reason why using elevated beds are helpful to me.
I do want to delve into growing in the ground, but until we buy a tiller I'm using my elevated beds. We built our house on about 3.5 acres of land (wish we had more now) and after having tested soil from several areas we seem to have a mixture of places that are good for veggies and one area in particular that probably needs some conditioning.
PS - please bear with me as the death experience and being shocked back, etc. has caused me to have some short-term memory loss and a lot of times it's difficult for me to find the right word so if you see me post about something twice or something like that, please let me know.
Thank you so much for allowing me to join. Sorry for the long post. Hope everyone is having a wonderful wonderful day.